If pension sharing is going to feature in your divorce, you will probably need a report from a pensions expert. People are understandably put off by the cost of a report, which will normally be at least £500, but it is a false economy to try to manage without.
Only a pension expert (an actuary or an independent financial adviser with the pension 'ticket') has the ability to advise on the percentage pension share needed to achieve a particular outcome, such as equality of income in retirement. It is not safe to assume that a 50% pension share (i.e. the spouse with the pension gives the spouse without a pension 50% of the transfer value of the pension) will achieve equality of income. It almost certainly won't.
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Miln MacLeod Solicitors is the practice name of Rory Miln, a solicitor of England and Wales recognised as a sole practitioner, authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The practice's SRA number is 535105. The SRA’s rules can be found (in English) on their website at http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/code-of-conduct.page